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DONALD EDWARD CLOSE
Captain · U.S. Army
September 6, 1931 – May 15, 1965
Service recordDonald Edward Close, of Burbank, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger (81162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 6, 1931
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 114
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- HORACE EARLE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY WYNN JRLance Corporal · May 14, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 115
From Burbank
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.